31 January 2008: Morning

  • Suicides among soldiers have reached their highest level since 1980, when the Army began keeping such records.
  • I would describe in detail my mother, diagnosed with breast cancer... my aunt who died of the same kind of bladder cancer that I had... before adding, "Oh yeah. And I'm adopted."
  • Warning, sports fans: the Super Bowl may be dangerous to your health.
  • This year's Super Bowl ads will be free of blood and guts--unlike the political ads that continue to dominate the airwaves.
  • Washington University rejects a potential Obama visit; disappointed students seek comfort on Facebook.
  • In 2005, Bill Clinton endorsed a donor in Kazakhstan, who then became richer, who then donated more money to the Clinton Foundation, which will now be a talking point in the next debate.
  • "[He] didn't really move to the left as much as he began to use the language of class war." How John Edwards's campaign unraveled.
  • Why Giuliani tanked: It's that New York lifestyle says "hick Iowa senator."
  • "We're thinking of their historical importance, not their artistic value." The Danish Royal Library is collecting infamous, controversial cartoons.
  • The skeletons of famous cartoon animals, built from a combination of real bones and synthetic materials.
  • U.N. personnel in the Western Sahara vandalized ancient rock paintings--here are images of the graffiti.
  • Famous Quakers: Judi Dench joined because she liked the uniforms.
  • How the nugget machine changed the world for ice-chewers everywhere.
  • The science and specifics behind macking on one another.